Method and system for rendering hyper-link information in a printable medium

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EP 0 844 573 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	16.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/20

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	27.05.1998 Bulletin 1998/22

(21)	Application number: 97309121.8

(22)	Date of filing: 13.11.1997

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 17/30

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

22.11.1996 US 755426

(71)	Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
	Armonk, N.Y. 10504 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Kraft, George, IV Austin, Texas 78729 (US)

(74)	Representative: Moss, Robert Douglas
	IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN (GB)

(54)	Method and system for rendering hyper-link information in a printable medium

(57) A method and system for rendering in a printable medium hyper-link information contained in a document displayed within a graphical user interface within a data processing system linked to other data processing systems in a data processing network. A document constructed from data generated at a data processing network server is selected and displayed within a graphical user interface. Thereafter, in response to the selection of the document, if the document includes hyper-link information, a reference object is generated. Next, the reference object is associated with the hyper-link information. Thereafter, in response to a user input, the document is automatically printed in a printable medium, in association with the reference object, such that the hyper-link information is automatically presented in association with the printed document.

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